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Athens-based technology and content provider


Vermantia has been keeping busy since our last catch- up. The company was acquired by Arena Racing Company (ARC) in November 2022. There’s been a


shakeup at the top with former COO George Fotopoulos replacing founder Filippos Antonopoulos as CEO, with Filippos now to act as a Strategic Consultant for ARC. Then, shortly before ICE, came the reveal of a new horse racing tote betting channel.


generating projects for the ARC mothership


With the company now fully integrated with Britain’s largest racing group, Vermantia has several developments in the pipeline with a particular focus on emerging LatAm markets and continued growth in Europe. George sits down with G3 to run through the many goings- on.


Prior to the acquisition last year, what was Vermantia’s relationship with Arena Racing Company? What scale of collaboration existed between the two companies, and how had this changed since you joined Vermantia as Head of Operations in 2017?


Before the acquisition last year, Vermantia had an established and significant relationship with ARC. Since 2017, Vermantia has been collaborating closely with ARC, and ARC has been a major shareholder back in 2018. Te completion of the acquisition last year demonstrated ARC Group’s commitment to expanding the content distribution business using Vermantia’s advanced distribution technology.


In 2017, when I joined Vermantia, we initiated the distribution of ARC’s premium horse and greyhound racing content along with the production of two high-quality live racing channels – the Ultimate Live Greyhound


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Channel and the European Racing Channel – which offered top-quality greyhound and horse racing action. Additionally, Vermantia provided various other racing channels, all accessible through advanced satellite and streaming services.


Troughout the years, the collaboration between the companies evolved and expanded. Te scale of the collaboration grew, leading to the acquisition by ARC. From ARC’s perspective, we have the experience of previous years working closely with them.


During ICE London 2018 when the interest was expressed, I think the potential synergies were


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